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douglas9

(4,473 posts)
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 04:24 AM Mar 2021

Yellowstone wolf killed by Montana Governor

Contact the governor. Tell him to protect wildlife!
https://hsus.link/yellowstone_wolf​

It was reported that Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte killed a Yellowstone National Park wolf that he trapped just 10 miles outside the Park’s boundary. Governor Gianforte did so in violation of state regulation as he had not completed the necessary trapping education course. This news comes just as a raft of bills aimed at drastically increasing the killing of Montana’s iconic wolves, grizzly bears and black bears are poised to head to the Governor’s desk for his signature. These bills include ones that would allow wolves to be killed using strangling snares, extend the wolf trapping season, and allow reimbursements for wolf hunting and trapping expenses—essentially creating a bounty.

Amanda Wight, program manager of wildlife protection at the Humane Society of the United States issued the following statement:

“Governor Gianforte just spit in the face of millions of people who come from all over the world to see wolves and other wildlife in Montana. Not only is trophy hunting wolves, especially a beloved wolf from Yellowstone National Park, ethically wrong, but economically and ecologically it makes no sense. Wolves keep ecosystems healthy and biologically diverse and are a huge draw for tourists. Yet, with the stroke of his pen, Governor Gianforte could soon set a similar fate in stone for hundreds more of Montana’s wolves, as the legislature is poised to send a number of bills aimed at slaughtering the state’s wildlife to his desk.”

Contact the governor. Tell him to protect wildlife!
https://hsus.link/yellowstone_wolf


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Yellowstone wolf killed by Montana Governor (Original Post) douglas9 Mar 2021 OP
Cruel sick people who enjoy killing these beautiful smart creatures IcyPeas Mar 2021 #1
Yes, it is heartbreaking PatSeg Mar 2021 #5
What a fucking asshole. we can do it Mar 2021 #2
Same asshole who bodyslammed a journalist a few years ago. Arkansas Granny Mar 2021 #3
and got hisself elected Governor. F'ing asshole CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #8
No respect for life mountain grammy Mar 2021 #4
Exactly! Duppers Mar 2021 #6
Yes, I'm writing to him!! Duppers Mar 2021 #7

PatSeg

(49,607 posts)
5. Yes, it is heartbreaking
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:29 AM
Mar 2021

and senselessly cruel. We know that wolves are an essential part of a balanced ecosystem. The long term damage could be devastating.

On a quiet spring morning, a resounding "Slap!" reverberates through the air above a remote stream leading to Lake Yellowstone. Over much of the past century, it has been a rarely heard noise in the soundscape that is Yellowstone National Park, but today is growing more common-the sound of a beaver slapping its tail on the water as a warning to other beavers.

When the grey wolf was reintroduced into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem in 1995, there was only one beaver colony in the park, said Doug Smith, a wildlife biologist in charge of the Yellowstone Wolf Project.

Today, the park is home to nine beaver colonies, with the promise of more to come, as the reintroduction of wolves continues to astonish biologists with a ripple of direct and indirect consequences throughout the ecosystem.

A flourishing beaver population is just one of those consequences, said Smith.


https://www.yellowstonepark.com/things-to-do/wolf-reintroduction-changes-ecosystem



Duppers

(28,229 posts)
6. Exactly!
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:45 AM
Mar 2021

A piece of excrement like him could kill anyone's dog if he didn't like it. I'd bet he's illegally shot more animals too.

Soulless asshole. 😡

Duppers

(28,229 posts)
7. Yes, I'm writing to him!!
Thu Mar 25, 2021, 07:47 AM
Mar 2021

Thanks for posting the link! 🙏

Update: the link said they couldn't deliver my signature on the petition because my home state was not included in the acceptable list....??

HOWEVER... I found the Gov. contact info:

GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE OFFICE

State Capitol
Room 204
PO Box 200801
Helena, MT 59620-0801

Phone 406-444-3111

Fax Number 406-444-5529

Website http://governor.mt.gov


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